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County Cavan Golf Course

Co. Cavan is a long established Parkland Course, founded in 1894 and it's present location since 1920. The maturity of the course is evident as soon you drive gates.

As well as the trees, some of them centuries old, club is famous for its numerous rhododendron bushes scattered throughout Course. While pleasing to eye, foliage provides tricky hazards hopeful golfer.

The 179 metres 10th index 11 is a favourite for many of the club players. This testing Par 3 offers challenging tee shot from front clubhouse to an undulating green under shadow ancient Chestnut Tree.

On a fine sunlit afternoon, the view from clubhouse is spectacular with fairways framed by mature trees and rolling hills of Cavan. Co. Cavan Golf Club has well stocked professional shop managed William Noble. You will enjoy your in this Course where visitor always made welcome.

Notable rounds

Members Achievements

Co. Cavan Golf Club won the Ulster Final of the Jimmy Bruen Shield at Portadown Golf Club on Friday 15th August 2008.

They made the long journey to Monkstown Golf Club on the outskirts of Cork City where they were drawn against Leinster Champions Clontarf Golf Club on Friday 19th September.

First on the tee was Conor O’Reilly with Sean O’Donnell who lost out to Mark Brennan with Niall Lyons by 3 and 1. They were followed by John Crotty with Philip McMahon who lost their match by 4 and 3 against Conor Harrington with Tim O’Connell. Next up was Padraig McEntee with Patrick Flynn who went all the way to the 20th-hole against Michael Kellett with Neal O’Flynn before loosing out to the North Dublin pairing. The penultimate match of Ed O’Hanlon with Ruairi Dunne was halved against Dave Collins with Philip Duffy, as was the bottom match of Tim Fitzpatrick with Ed Kellett against Stephen Kealy with Tony Stanley. Clontarf went on to win the All-Ireland green pennant the following afternoon against the home club by 4 matches to 1 match.

Co. Cavan Golf Club won the Ulster Championship of J. B. Carr Diamond Trophy and were drawn against Connacht Champions Galway in the All-Ireland Semi-Finals at the picturesque Woodenbridge Golf Club in Co. Wicklow, they lost out to Galway by 3 matches to 2 matches, in September 2005.

Co. Cavan Golf Club won the Ulster Final of the Bulmers Jimmy Bruen Shield in 1998, when the team was Don Crotty, Oliver Malone, Sean McDermott, Fergal Dunne, John Crotty, Leo Costello, Tim Fitzpatrick, Frank Clancy, Tod Davis, Padraig McEntee, William Harrington, Des Gardiner, Noel O'Gorman and Declan Young, they were captained by Donal Crotty.

Co. Cavan won the Senior Alliance in 1999, when the team was Philip Murphy, Norman Cinnamond, Jackie Sheridan, Peter Keogh, Niall Walsh, John Talbot, Paddy Faulkner, Seamus Smith and Michael O'Brien they were captained by Noel Fay. They won it in 1995 when the team was Gerry Egan, Anselm Lovett, Simon Fay, Jim Lyng, Noel Fay, Johnny Walshe, Tomas McKiernan Jnr. and Oliver Gall.

In 1992 they won the Cavan/Monaghan Alliance Cup on their home course, when the team was Jimmy Veale, Declan O'Reilly, Des Cummins, Paddy Malone, Cian O'Connor, Tommy McKiernan Jnr. and Eddie McCormack, they were captained by Anthony Sheridan.

Co. Cavan have a proud record in the Tracy Cup which they won on six occasions including 4 out of 5 in 2001, when the team was Cormac Dunne, Sean McDermott, Pat O'Connor, Eddie McCormack, Fergal Dunne, Tommy Malone and Terry Smith, they were captained by Brian Tighe.

The won in the Millennium with Terry Smith Tod Davis, Kerrill Gaffney, Fergal Dunne, Cormack Dunne Eddie McCormack, Frank Glancy, Pat O'Connor, Sean McDermott and John Crotty, they were captained by Brian Tighe.

In 1998 the team was Sean McDermott, Leo Costello, Terry Smith, Frank Glancy, Martin Maguire, Pat O'Connor and Eddie McCormack, as per usual the captain was Brian Tighe.

The won it 1990, when the team was Terry Smith, Robert Tracey, Johnny Costello, Pat O'Connor, Declan Young and Cian O'Connor, they were captained by Niall Walsh. Their first win was in 1988, when the team was Jimmy Fraher, Brendan Donoghue, Enda Corr, Terry Smith and Cian O'Connor.

The Ladies of Co. Cavan were District Champions in the Ulster Bank Ladies Fourball in the Millennium, when the team was P. Treacy, F. Smith, M. Brady, M. Hartmann, D. Brady, P. Long, C. Thomas, S. McGarrity and M. Malone.

Marita Leech won the North Leinster Past & Present Lady Captains in 2000.

S. Moore qualified for the National Finals of the Irish Times-Mitsubishi Motors Women's Masters. She returned 30 points in the semi-final at Glasson Golf Hotel & Country Club on the 23rd of August 2001. Then it was on to Galway Bay Golf & Country Club for the Final on 13th September.

Members who played representative golf for their Province;

Sean McSherry represented Connacht at Senior Interprovincial level in 1985 playing 4-times won 0-matches and lost 4-matches accumulating 0-points;

History of County Cavan

Instituted 1894 affiliated 1899

In the January 1930 edition of the monthly magazine "Irish Golf" Lionel Hewson tells the story of the early days at Cavan Golf Club. "It was in the middle eighties of the last century that Mr. Thomas Lough, afterwards to be M. P. for West Islington, and Under Secretary for Education in the Campbell Bannerman ministry, laid out a nine-hole course at his Cavan residence, Killynebbar, ten minutes walk from the town. At first, it was used only by the Lough family and their political visitors from across the channel, as not for a year or two could any of the local residents be induced to interest themselves in the game. Eventually however, a sufficient number, probably not more than twenty, came together and formed the nucleus of a modest club".

The Golfing Annual 1895-96 tells us, it was founded in October 1894 and A. S. Lough was President in 1896, having 28 members. The course of nine-holes, varying in length from 122 to 226 yards, is situated at Killynebbar, about ten miles and a half from Cavan Station.

Play was restricted between the months of October and April. The club moved to its present location at Drumelis, and the present eighteen-hole course was opened in 1973.